Just because she looks weak doesn't mean she's easy to bully.

Looking at Zhou Xin's expression, Cheng Jinchu could probably guess that at this moment he must be thinking about the fact that he had not caused any harm to Bai Mingyao.

[Chengzi Guoguo, tell me, Zhou Xin doesn't want to pay, right?]

Orange glanced at Zhou Xin.

[That's impossible. Regarding the matter of cherishing life, Zhou Xin must be willing to make a satisfactory compensation for the mistake he made.]

Cheng Jinchu nodded. If she was not satisfied, she would change it until she was satisfied! She was still patient. After all, she was always considerate. Who would make a plan without making some changes?

"Zhou Xin, regarding the matter of you paying this person to beat someone up, the result now is that he, as you can see, is just a weak scholar who has been seriously frightened.

You may not understand that inner hurt is more serious than outer hurt. What you have done may frighten him and make him unable to study well.

You know, he is a top scholar. Do you understand what a top scholar means?

Next year's scientific examination will be held, because of what you did today, he will be unable to read books because of the inner hurt. If he can't read books, how can he take the scientific examination?

What should the top scholar do?

Seeing that he was getting old, his family was worried about his marriage. After all, it was difficult for him to find a wife because of his weak health and poor family. His mother was hoping that he could find a wife after he passed the imperial examination.

Da Zhuang, you two can tell me whether Zhou Xin should compensate him. He is the only son in his family.

As Cheng Jinchu spoke, he sighed several times. Dazhuang and the others hadn't expected that Cheng Jinchu could connect all these things. Isn't the point that the boy was not injured? And, what about the consequences?

It sounds so serious. It will affect people's ability to pass on their family line. That's a big deal!

So the two people didn't bother to think about how the consequences became so serious. Anyway, the final consequence was serious, so they nodded vigorously.

"Look, look, people have seen the seriousness of the matter. Look at what you have done. What kind of thing is this? You have hurt others so badly. So, when I asked you to pay compensation, did you think I was blackmailing you? I am a good person. I never do such things. Did you see the clear look in my eyes?"

As she spoke, Cheng Jinchu opened her eyes wide and blinked twice. She must have looked super sincere! She didn't look like a liar at all!

Zhou Xin: …

"How about I give him the remaining fifty taels?"

Zhou Xin knew that it was completely meaningless to discuss with the person in front of him whether he should pay compensation or not. The other person was determined to make him bleed.

Cheng Jinchu shook his head, looking disapproving, and at the same time expressed his disappointment that Zhou Xin knew he was wrong but did not correct his mistake.

"You've made it so hard for people to find wives. Can fifty taels buy a wife for them?

Look, Mr. Bai is not good-looking except for his poor health. How can he just find a woman to be his wife? No, no, no, which rich family’s daughter is willing to marry someone who can only afford fifty taels of betrothal gift? Too stingy!

Zhou Xin: …

Zhou Xin said that he wanted to cry loudly, just, how could he meet such a robber? She has her own reasons. If this was said to others alone, he really would not care.

Others were watching him, but they didn't have the time to take care of the whole thing. The current situation was that if he reported to the police, the thugs he hired had their own backers and were not afraid of Shen Yun, but he was afraid. If he wasn't afraid, why would he spend money to hire someone to deal with Bai Mingyao.

"Hey, don't have that expression. I'm a real person. Let me put it this way. This is your first offense. I'll give you a chance to reform. So, you spent a hundred taels of silver to beat someone up, so you should pay a hundred taels as compensation.

If he has to suffer a loss, he should just suffer a loss. He is originally a top scholar.

Alas... I don't know if he got the second place in the imperial examination, or if the emperor saw that he was good-looking and gave him the third place, so the first place became the third place.

Originally, winning the first place in the imperial examination would have meant winning the third place in the imperial examination, but...

Forget it, this is your first offense, and you know you were wrong this time. We are willing to give people who want to correct their mistakes a chance, so don't make the same mistake again~"

Zhou Xin only heard that he was asked to pay a hundred taels. So what? He was willing to pay as long as he stayed away from this woman.

He just heard those two people calling her aunt. He must be ugly, so he has such a big beard.

"Okay, I'm willing to pay!"

Zhou Xin answered quickly, fearing that Cheng Jinchu would regret raising the price. Cheng Jinchu nodded with satisfaction. Zhou Xin immediately took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Cheng Jinchu. Cheng Jinchu put the silver on the table, intending to weigh it later.

After dealing with Zhou Xin, Cheng Jinchu turned around and looked at Dazhuang and the other man.

"Next, I will settle the accounts between us!"

Da Zhuang and his brothers couldn't help but shudder when they saw Cheng Jinchu looking at them, and Da Zhuang spoke with a trembling voice.

"Auntie, we, we are willing to give fifty taels!"

"One hundred taels!"

First, Da Zhuang said fifty, and then his brother saw that Cheng Jinchu was dissatisfied and immediately shouted one hundred.

Cheng Jinchu curled his lips but shook his head.

"No, that's not how it's calculated. I have a clear price!"

Da Zhuang and the other man looked at Cheng Jinchu in confusion, waiting for her to continue and clear up their confusion.

"That's right, my hammer is priced at forty taels!

Then, in that grove, I used six hammers to deal with eleven men.

Of course, I can also hit each of you with a hammer, but you can't afford it. Just now, I hit Zhou Xin with a hammer, and you have to remember it. After all, you took his money, and he is your honorable employer. You should protect his safety before the transaction is completed.

So there are seven hammers in total, which is 280 taels in total. "

After hearing Cheng Jinchu's offer, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. It was only two hundred and eighty taels, which they could still afford. It was just a small amount of money. Usually, they could earn more than two hundred or three hundred taels in a month from this kind of business.

"Okay! Auntie, we'll give you three hundred taels!"

The two of them were very happy. It was worth it, absolutely worth it, to get rid of this girl for only three hundred taels!

This girl is so scary. I don’t know which unlucky guy will marry her in the future. How unlucky!

"You really want to give me three hundred taels? No regrets? I can just take two hundred and eighty taels. I just want what I deserve!"

"No, no, no, no... Auntie, we are willing to give it to you, sincerely, really. You worked hard to beat us with those seven hammers, how can we refuse to pay? Absolutely not. Just three hundred, Auntie, please rest assured to accept it, we give it voluntarily!"

Cheng Jinchu was so moved when she heard Dazhuang say this. Wow... I didn't expect these two people to be so warm-hearted. They even insisted on giving her an extra twenty taels! "

"You guys can give it now, or you can collect it together, or you can exchange it for something of equal value."

Huh? This question confused Da Zhuang and the others, but Da Zhuang did not have any banknotes on him.

"Auntie, we didn't bring any banknotes. Can you go home and get some for you?"

Cheng Jinchu took out a piece of paper from his arms and placed it on the table.

"Sign an IOU first, then go!"

The two of them quickly took the paper and looked at it. They were stunned.

"Aunt, aunt, this, this, this, gold? You mean gold?"

Cheng Jinchu nodded.

"Yes, I always collect gold, forty taels of gold per hammer.

You should be content. If you hadn't met my master, he would have charged eighty taels for each hammer. If it was him sitting here today, he would not be as kind as me. He would have hit as few people as possible. Everyone would have to be hit by one hammer, and that would have been thirteen times in total. He likes to count in whole numbers, so he would have to give at least one thousand one hundred taels.

So, you are lucky to have met me. In the future, if you meet my master, don’t tell him that I deliberately hammered less because I was afraid of being scolded by him! "

Da Zhuang and the other two: ...

They both wanted to cry, feeling more aggrieved than Zhou Xin. Why were they beaten and yet they had to pay gold as compensation? Zhou Xin became worried when he heard that Cheng Jinchu charged in gold.

"Auntie, I, I can't afford to give you gold. I'm very poor. I can't afford that much even if I'm beaten to death."

The one hundred taels of silver was stuffed into Zhou Xin's bag by his father before he left the house. The Zhou family had been well off before, and he had never taken the one hundred or eighty taels of silver seriously.

"Oh, I know. So, you gave me fifty taels of silver, and you still owe me fifty. You have ten days to return it to me. You also have to write an IOU and put your fingerprints on it."

Zhou Xin later signed and put her fingerprints while crying. Cheng Jinchu was so disgusted that the paper was almost wet. Of course, the Dazhuang brothers were also forced to sign and put their fingerprints before they left the door.

Da Zhuang quickly took over.